Meet the Salt Marsh 3, a trio of marsh plants specially adapted to live in the brine.

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Meet the Salt Marsh 3, a trio of marsh plants specially adapted to live in the brine.
Pelicans don’t, as you may have heard, stick their spines out of their mouths. They do, however, do some pretty crazy yawn-stretching. From John Muir Laws.
Why do some animals’ eyes shine at night? John Muir Laws explains.
You can use thrushes as a sort of seasonal calendar, as they fly in and out of the Bay Area.
Maybe it helps them hunt. Maybe not. From the sketchbook of John Muir Laws.
How to identify individual cetaceans in the San Francisco Bay.
Look for the blue blossoms of Lupinus chamissonis all along California’s coast.
The sugarstick is a parasitic plant that relies on the Western Matsutake mushroom.
What do you see there in the sky?
A visual explanation of how fire helps release the seeds of knobcone, bishop, and Monterey pine trees, plus a fun experiment to try at home!